£78m for a new ‘application-inspired’ research programme coordinated at a national scale – a large part of this is being led by the Faraday Institution.

£88m Innovation programme to stimulate collaborative research and development with co-investment from industry – derisking and enabling the steps to get from research through to manufacturing at scale.

£80m Scale-up programme to allow companies of all sizes to rapidly move new battery technologies to market through the creation of an open-access National Battery Manufacturing Development Facility.

Innovate UK will be opening the second round of Faraday Battery Challenge: Innovation competitions on 22nd January 2018, with a deadline for applications on 28th March 2018.

Working together with the Welsh Government and Innovate UK, the Knowledge Transfer Network (KTN) will run a number of Competition Briefing events where the scope of these competitions will be launched.

Provide details of the second round of Faraday Battery Challenge: Innovation competitions

Provide a facilitated networking programme from the KTN

3min pitches

Innovate UK, KTN and Welsh Government staff will be on hand for advice and answer questions.

Further details and full agenda will follow.

Who should attend:

This event will benefit entrepreneurs, innovators and researchers who can expand their work in the areas of battery chemistry, raw materials, materials processing, cell components, cell, module and pack assembly and vehicle integration, cell production methods, and any aspect of the future electric vehicle battery supply chain.